Planting in East Kilbride

Scotia Maintenance covers East Kilbride and the surrounding South Lanarkshire area seven days a week, 7 days, 8am–4pm. Quotes are free and given after seeing the garden, and there is no requirement to set up a recurring arrangement to get a single job done.

The town also sits high. At its elevation, spring arrives noticeably later and the first frosts come earlier than in Glasgow or down in Renfrewshire, which shifts the whole gardening calendar. Grass starts growing later in the year, planting needs to be hardier, and there is less margin for tender species. It is worth planning maintenance around that rather than assuming the same timings as gardens closer to the Clyde.

Planting in East Kilbride is chosen after looking at the garden rather than from a list. Exposure, light, shelter and what the soil is actually like vary street by street, and a scheme that thrives in a sheltered back garden will not survive on an open plot a few hundred metres away. Species are picked to hold up through a Scottish winter rather than to look their best on the day they go in.

Planting in East Kilbride is chosen on site after looking at the exposure, the light and what the soil is actually like, because the same border scheme does not work on every street.